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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
Congressional Enicures

'Fetch me my usual dose" said Viii.
liam L. Scott, the millionaire Represent
alive from the Erie PENN district,
addressing sable waiter in the House
restaurant the other day. Five minutes
elapsed after the waiter disappeared
down the hatchway, and he reappeared
with chatting dish we'll filled with
oysters. Under the dish was an alcohol
lamp. Mr. Scott, talking TO swarm of
members and callers generally, set about
to cook his luncheon On relieving the
waiter who was attending him he lighted
the lamp, put in his seasoning, and sat
watching the dish simmer. The steam
poured up, the fumes filed the spacious
dining-room, and peoples mouths wa
tered as the savory dish reached point
of perfection. Mr.. Scott is an epicurean,
although dyspetic- looking man, and it
took but few minutes for him to be able
to pour out dish that would tempt
Frenchman. Afterward he is seen to
duplicate his order, and he has the repu
tation OF being the most thorough
luncheon fancier at the capital. He owns
a large farm down on the Maryland
coast, has o steam launch, and several
times each year takes party down the
Bay for shell-fish, canvas back du ks, and
the other good things found only in that
vicinity. He superintends the cooking
on the launch or farm, and his guests
say he spreads the best table of any man
in the country. Most of the famous
diners hive disappeared from Congress,
and nearly all those who go down to the
restaurants for luncheon, between 1 and
2 o'clock each afternoon during the
session, have soup or raw oysters and go
back to work with little ceremony. In
the House it is rare thing to see
member give luncheon party. For in
stance, Mr.. Randall slips in and pours
down plate of soup or do en- on the
half shell, and is out before he is dis
covered, except by the waiter and
cashier. Mr.. Holman sips cup of hot
tea and eats bread and butter, while
Reagan, of Texas, can down a steak and
onions quicker than one can say Jack
Robinson. The Western men eat fast;
the Eastern men slow. The former eat
more soup than the latter who take
oysters raw, generally, and often include
bottle of beer. -Ne1o York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
Picking Ont A Wife.

l always was partial to the ladies, says
writer in the Pittsburgh Dispatch, and
did great deal of gallanting them
around and making them have as good
q time as myself. But when 1 came to
the age at which most young men fall in
love was very careful to single out a
young lady of my own age, and one who
had an extra amount of common sense
and good breeding; one who was always
considerdte of others welfare, and was
not ashamed that she kept house for
three younger children, left orphans
when quite young.
Now, after three years of married life,
I have never seen my wife untidy. She
makes it her business to keep herself
looking as neat as her house, and | have
yet to see her out of humor, or in the
least ways cross, and, although do not
make anything like big wages, yet she
manages to keep the house in all neces-
saries, and l have more money in my
pocket at the end of the month than l
ever had, or could manage to save be-
fore l was married.
| think if more young men would
look on the practical side of lnatrimony,
there would not be so many disappoint-
ing unions.
Common sense is the thing. Never
mind the pretty face, bright eyes, or
small feet. Has she good supply of
common sense2 1t beats music and draw
ing far enough.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
All About Wrinkles.

Wrinkles are as natural to old age as
is full, smooth face to childhood. They
are due mainly to certain shrinkage Of
the muscles-a shrinkage which charac-
terizes, more or less, the entire system
in the latter period of life. Now, the
human face, writes a doctor in the
Youth'S Companion, was meant to be the
"miror of the mind" the visible ex-
preston of every passion, emotion, and
inmost feeling. Herein is its chief
beauty. Hence its numerous muscles
and nerves, whereby it is so wonderfully
adjusted to this end. But muscles in
constant or frequent exercise increase in
volume, strength, and readiness of ac-
ton. Hence habits of thought and feel
ing become stamped on the face, and we
read so easily the character of the proud,
the vain, the deceitful, and the sensual
man, or of the kind, the calm, the cner-
getic, the frank, the candid and the
honest man. But there is nothing like
care and worrimcnt to plow burrows in
the forehead, and these are badly mar
ring the faces of our American women.
We pass in the streets women of thirty
five whose foreheads are more wrinkled
than the brow should be at seventy.
Some of these may not have more cares
than others, but they unnecessarily yield
to the tendency to express them in the
face
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
Beauty i'm the House.

First and foremost home should not
be ugly-that is, as the first step toward
the ''beauty resulting" the deformity
must be gotten rid of. To retain the
ugly carpet that won't wear out, aud p lie
rich-colored rugs upon it, is poor sense
and poor economy. A Royal Worcester
vase on bare marble mantel, glarng
white, or elaborately blackened and
gildeI, is as much out of place as bunch
of roses in coal scuttle. The finest en-
craving or etching will not appear to ad-
vantage upon a white wall. So, even if
the ugly carpet is not worn out, it must
90 to make way for something which, if
it be only ingram, will be soft in color
and inconspicuous in pattern. A carpet
which obtrudes itself upon notice puts
the rest of the room out of countenance.
The book case cannot hold its own
against it, and the little evidences of
culture shrink into obscurity. Even if
the carpet cost two dollars a yard, and
was the result of long pinch of
economy, if it be ugly, let it go. For
get its cost and face firmly the fact that
your best efforts to attain beauty will
fail as long as there is deformity present.
But it need not go for nothing. Send it
to the auctioncer' 's-be sure it is large
shop-and you will often be surprised at
the amount you will ret eive for it. There
are many of the unregenerate who look
only tothe mon y value and durability
of an article, who will contend for it and
give you fair price. You might set
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
Cleaning Wallpaper.

Cut into eight portions a loaf of bread
two days old; must neither be newer nor
staler. With one of these pieces, after
having blown off all the dust from the
paper to be cleaned by means of good
pair of bellows, begin at the top of the
room, holding the crust in the hand, and
wiping lightly downward with the
crumb, about half yard at each stroke
until the upper part of the paper is COM
pletely cleaned all around. Then go
round again, with the like sweeping
stroke downward, always commencing
each successive stroke a little higher
than the upper stroke had extended till
the bottom be finished. This operation,
if carefully performed, will frequently
make very old paper look almost equal
to new. Great caution must be used
not by any means to rub the paper hard,
nor to attempt cleaning in the cross or
horizontal way. The dirty part of the
bread, too, must be continually cut away,
and the pieces renewed as may become
necessary. To take grease stains out of
wallpaper, mix pipe clay with water to
the consistency of cream, laying it on the
spot, and letting it remain TIL the fol-
lowing day, when it may be easily re-
moved with penknife or brush.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
Paris Fish-Wives.

The fish women are either built upon
the general principle of a Dutch vessel,
very broad, with an enormous head and
no neck, the head being anchored Sc
curely between the shoulders and wag-
ging there as though set loosely in bed
of fat, with enormous arms as red as
beets, finished of with hard red hands,
with clumsy fingers, always between
fifty or sixty, or else they are slim girls of
sixteen to eighteen with no fat, more
than is sufficient to round figure, and
with hands that, while they arc red, are
byno means stumpy.
Here is mystery. The girls are the
daughters of the firsh-wives and arc in
proper course of training to be fsh-wives
themselves. 1t would seem to be the
proper thing to see girls of sixteen, eight
cen, of twenty, of thirty, forty, and so
up. growing IN fat and stumpy red fingers
as they progressed in years. But it is not
so. 1t is ether the slender girl or the
enormous broad woman.
Do they keep on being slender for a
certain number of years and tn n in a
night develop into broad women2 Or,
when they get to a certain age do they
quit the fish market and stay away from
it till they have widened and broadened
sufficiently to 60 into the market again
of the orthodox shape? AS no one in
times of peace ever saw dead mule the
question is naturally what becomes of
the mules when they get old2 Soin this
case, how is it with the tishwoman2 Why
is it that you only see the two types
There arc many mysteries in nature-too
many.
But slender or ponderous, they know
all abolt fish. They can handle them
with celerity, and dwell upon their
merits with JUNCTION that would make
their fortunes in any lucrative business
where glib tongue and ready wit is
requisite. And then the fine sarcasm
that follows if you are not satisfied with
her stock and go elsewhere. Woe be
unto you if there is anything peculiar
about you-you have been measured be-
forehan and the sore spot in your make
up is mcrciessly touched Fish wives
the world over are noted for sharp
tongues. The Billingsgate women in
London are abusive, coarsely so, the
French are finer, aud therefore much
worse 1t is the difference there is be-
tween broadax and rapier. You are
not stunned with vulgar abuse, but you
are made to feel your utter insignificance.
-1CLed0 Blade.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
Removing Cake from Pans.

Mrs. Lincoln says in Good Hou.ekeep-
ing: Line the cake tins with paper, al
low it large enough to come half an inch
above the top of the pan. Lay y'the pa
per over the outside, and crease it round
the edge of the bottom of the pan. Fold
it in the middle lengthwise and cross
wise, and cut out the open corners to the
crease made by the pan. Then fit it into
the inside, and grease the paper, not the
pan, with unsalted butter or lard. Round,
shallow pans for layer cakes should be
lined only on the bottom. Grease tho
paper and edge of the pan. Cakep
should bake until they shrink from the
pan.
To remove the cake from the pan, lay
a clean bread or cake towel over cake
cooler or wire sieve, or over a long, shall
low pan inverted. Run slender knife
between the tin and the paper. Take
the cake out by lifting the paper on the
middle of each side and place it carefully
on the cloth. Pull the paper away from
the edges, and leave that on the bottom
until the cake is cool enough to be put
away. But if the loaf is to be frosted
turn it over in the cloth, and remove tho
paper.
Another way, for layer cakes and
cakes not lined with paper-Loosen the
edges with slender knife. Hold the
par in the right hand, slip the left hand
under the cake cloth; turn the pan over,
letting the cloth meet the cake half
way, then lower the cake in the cloth to-
ward the left. Remove the ran. If it
does not come off readily, tap it on the
bottom with knife, leave it few mo-
ments, and then should it fail to come
off, stoop so that you can see under the
pan, raise the end gently and slip the
knife under and scrape away what has
stuck to the pan. In this way broken
piece is fitted into its place with littlo
trouble AS soon as the pan is removed
turn the cake over by turning it in tho
cloth so as to leave it right side up.
This prevents the cake from be oming
heavy by the weight of the hand, or by
its own weight in falling. The under
crust is much nicer than when left to
sweat in the pan.
A wire window screen thirty inches
long by fifteen wide, with cleatssin the
ends or spools on the corners, to keep
the wire two inches from the table, is a
convenient cake cooler.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
Stories of Gold.

Alaska produced $500, 900 worth of
gold and s., 900 worth ofSilverlast year.
The United Ssates produced $2l, O0O,-
900 ofgo.d and SOL 900, 900 of silver last
year.
The gold production of the world last
year was $lO1, $4,000 and of silver
1925, 600, 900.
"Montana Turnipsn is the name by
which 5000 or 500 Jumps of bullion are
known in that territory.
Hyacinthe Loyer of Gatinneau Point,
Canada, basket maker, has been left
$500, 900 by an uncle in France.
Eight thousand dollars was found in
an old apron of venerable woman who
died at ort Pleasant, N. j., lately.
Twenty-one years ago the steamer
Brother Jonathan went down off the
Oregon coast with 1000, 900 in specie on
bard, Various unsuccessful efforts
have been made to get the money, and
now another effort on an elaborate scale
is to be made.
One of the largest and finest gold mug
gets ever unearthed in California is now
on exhibition in San Francisco. 1t is
about the size of an ordinary Derby hat,
weighs thirty pounds, and is worth
about $500. Great ''gobsn of gold
hang oyt of its sides.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25

Plaids in artistic colors are in favor.
Ladies now wear finger rings ad libi-
tum.
Braiding in fern-leaf patterns appears
on some tailor-made costumes.
Loops of ribbon to be worn as head
dresses are mounted on tortoise-shell
pins.
Partisan dressmakers are combining
pale blue and hellotrope in some rich
toilets.
Serge and camel's hair will be the nov
elites in white wool dresses the coming
season.
Mouse color is always more or less
worn, but this season it is very much the
fashion for street suits.
Da'sy pins are quite the rage, Mrs.
Cleveland having shown her approval of
them by wearing one herself.
The new sateens are in design and
color more like foulards and India silks
than those of any previous season.
Yellow flowers are the favorites for
dress garniture this season, but they
must copy nature very perfectly in color.
Velvet ribbons with feathery edges, in
primrose yellow, pink, blue and white,
are much used for neck ribbons and for
the wrists.
Partisan ladies are said to be adopting
for evening wear gloves that terminate
below the elbow in place of the very
long ones.
Gauze ribbons are again seen, and the
new importations in stripes with feathery
picot edges and striped with plush or
silver t'nsel.
Some of the new ginghams show alter
nate stripes of primrose with heliotrope,
pink, brown and pale, dark, gray and
sapphire blue.
AS well as can be seen ahead at this
time, it would seem that the tournure is
to be more exaggerated than ever as the
season advances.
Lace headgear is always so handsome
and becoming, and is now so much worn
by handsome women, that it must be-
come more and more popular
Yellow and white are always attractive
IN upholstery, anu are TINS season utll.
lied more generally than ever. White is
also used with dull greens, particularly
moss green.
Fancy and icweled hairpins and two
pronged combs are very popular Many
of these are mounted on yellow or dark
tortoise shell; Others on prongs of gold
and silver.
Embroideries will be largely used to
trim wash dresses instead of lace, which
washes badly. ] asst years fashion of
using velvet for the collar, cuffs and
bows is also likely to be repeated.
The primrose shades appear in al the
new cotton dress fabrics, part cularly in
Scotch ginghams, They are so combined
with almost every other color that either
blondes or brunettes may wear them.
One of the novelties in ribbon is of
satin on side and moire on the other,
with fringe, tasses or loops forming an
edge. This comes in various widths and
colors, tor Sashes, dog collars, entire
bonnets, and for the bows and ladders
upon tulle or lace dresses.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
Reporting Congressman's Speeches


Ordinarily Representatives speak about
225 words a minute. Once in a great
while man appears in Congress who
rattles off 300 words in sixty seconds; !;
and he Greats panic among the steno-
graphers. When Belford of Colorado
was in the House he used to make the
official reporters rush occasionally. His
language was terse and we'll spoken, but
he roved araund like wild man. He
began to walk as soon as he began talk
ing, and would 90 over among the
Democrats, hundred feet from his seat,
and the stenographer reporting him
would follow him around in his peregri-
nations, writing as he walked There
is a tradition among the official reporters
of member, who served few years
ago, and who made enough trouble to
last the force generation. He spoke
almost 300 words minute and walked
walked constantly, running up and down
aisles, waving his arms and yelling at
the top of his voice, then changing to
monotones. When he got up to talk
there was sigh and a signal to. the
most expert man to 'take him." Then
there would be q race between the
talker and reporter, the latter rushing at
the heels of speaker like mad, and fire.
quently one colliding with the other in
most ludicrous manner. Stenographers
much prefer to report men who used
good language. One employing large
words and good grammar can be better
reported if he speaks 200 words minute
than the one using small words and bad
grammar, who speaks only half as many
words to the minute. -Neao York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
A Costly Dinner.

The public hears from time to time
about expensive dinners that are given
by wealthy men. Gen. George A. Sheri-
dan, of New York, struck this topic the
other day in q conversation, and told this
story:
"During the 1880 campaign two good
friends of mine bluffed each other into a
bet of s., 900 on Garfield and Hancock.
They were both full of sand, and both
would have paid in case of losing the
bet l knew that neither of them could
afford to pay. The next morning after
the bet was made, and after they had
cooled down got them together and
played my hand. l told them what
fools they were to bet 5000 apiece and
got them to compromise on a dinner for
fifteen persons at Delmonico's, having
the understanding that Twas to order the
dinner. Well, we had the dinner. |
went to see Charley Delmonico about it,
and told him wanted the best Dime
he could serve for fifteen persons. He
wanted to know if I would limit him to
the cost of the wines, and told him of
course not as did not care, so long as
the wine did not cost $1,000, 900 bot
tie. He then wanted to know what my
idea was, and l said that 1 presumed
that he would serve big dinner at $100
plate. He studied awhile and replied ::
General, to be honest with you, could
not serve any one with a dinner at $100
plate. can serve you with q dinner
at $50 head, equal to anything that
any man ever ate or drank Well, we
compromised for $50 head, and we had
dinner, and it was dinner. My friend
who had lost the bet was so pleased for
not having to pay the $4,000 that he
called the ciefand gave him $50 bill,
SO that his dinner cost him $500. But
when l hear of 500 dinners l know it is
chaff -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
The Use of BIueing.

It is we'll to remember that too much
blueing renders clothes yellow after a
time. Inexperienced or careless servants
think the more blueing in the water the
better for the wash; and it is difficult
matter to convince them that the clothes
will look far better if only small guam
tity is used. AS blueing varies SO much
in intensity experience only can teach
the required quantity. Usually half
tablespoonful to q cup of water is suffi-
cient. 1t should always be diluted be-
fore it is put in the tub; as, if not thor
oughly mixed before the clothes are put
in, unsightly streaks will be the result.
If the clothes are soaked over night one
tablespoonful of pure water ammonia in
each tub of water will materially lessen
the labor of washing.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
An Indian Boys Question.

A teacher in endeavoring to overthrow
the Indian belief that the earth is fiat,
stands still, and that the sun passes over
and under it every twenty-four hours,
said, in conclusions: $50, you see, it is
the earth that goes round while the sun
stands still" A tall boy asked: "Then
what for you tell us one story about man
in the Bible-I forgot his name-strong
warrior-fght all day, but get dark so
can't fight, and he say sun, stand still .
What for he say that if sun all time stand
stillW-Hampton (ia,) School Record.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
Picturesque Women of Corfu.

Imagine, for example, this lady clad
in voluminous gown of blue satin
worked with flowers, with a white lace
covering over her shoulders; an enormous
headdress of white muslin girt by vast
wreath of natural pink roses and orange
blossoms, with ponderous gold earrings
reaching to the shoulders; neckla e and
bracelets of gold, and a thorough breast
plate of antique goldsmith's work. She
is marvellous spectacle, and sits still
with her brown eyes in fixed stlre,
moving only when absolutely necessary,
and then with the utmost care for her
decorations. Other ladies have towering
coiffures of white and crimson; dresses
of blue, scarlet or green, and silver
buckles in their shoe3; and they are
all dotted with bits of gold. Another
picturesque detail is the old Greek
feminine headdress of crimson skull
cap, with a gold coronal, from which a
thick gold tassel hangs at one side
Civilization has ousted this pretty aud
becoming headdress from Athens and
Greek cities.-AU the Year Round.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
W0MAN'S WORLD.
'LEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
Marriage in Holland.

An Amsterdam correspondent writes:
Until the betrothal of the young lady has
been announced she remains the sole
charge of her father and mother, and she
makes acquaintance always in the pres
ence of third party. The Holland
young lady does not go to the theatre
with a gentleman who has been intro
duced to her week before, neither does
she vary her beau to suit her dress or
complexion. Unmarried daughters in
this country are chaperoned to all places
of amusement; even dancing parties are
interspersed with songs, recitations, ETC.,
for the amusement of the elders of the
family, who sit around tables, socially
slipping their coffee, wine, or other
favoritc beverage, while the younger
members glide over the waxen floor to
the titful strains of music. Here the
young must make the best of their op.
portunities, for when it pleases the
parents to seek the quiet so!ace of the
home the daughters also quit the gayety
of the ballroom.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25
VOL. XIV.
THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS

II have lost the road to happiness
Does any one know it, prayi
was dwelling there when the morn was fair
But somehow Wandered away.
Il have lost the road to happiness
Oh! who will lead me backl
Turn off the highway of selfishnesS
To the right-up duty's track
Keep straight along, and you can't go wrong,
For as sure as you live, say
The fair, lost fields of happiness,
Can only be found that way.
Ella Wheeler TPilcor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-25

the price and order that it be not sold
beneath it. Then, if it is returned to
you, send it with whatever scraps of car
pet you have, to a carpet weaver, and
bave it made into really lovely and
durable rug, at seventy five cents
square yard-about thirty-five cents
Brussels width Good Housekeeping.